Fatigue after breast cancer treatment: Biobehavioral predictors of fatigue trajectories.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Fatigue is a common side effect of cancer treatment, but there is considerable variability in fatigue severity and persistence among survivors. This study aimed to characterize longitudinal trajectories of fatigue after breast cancer treatment and to identify predictors of varying fatigue trajectories.

Methods

Women (N = 191) from the Mind-Body Study completed assessments after primary treatment for early stage breast cancer and at regular follow-ups that occurred up to 6 years after treatment (M = 4.3 years). Growth mixture models were used to characterize fatigue trajectories, and demographic, medical, and biobehavioral risk factors were examined as predictors of trajectory group.

Results

Five trajectories were identified, characterized as High, Recovery,

SUBMITTER: Bower JE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6372460 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature